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A new market requires new strategies

Even though we need to be aware of our costs and gross margins, we can’t lose focus when we need to take a loss on paper to maximize profitability long term.
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Pricing 101: Where do you draw the line?

Pricing has become a hot topic in our industry as automation through ERP systems becomes more advanced and easier to manage.
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Blue collar blues

Your ability to map out a career for your team members is one of the most important talent acquisition tools you have.
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Cost Accounting 301—The new math

Our industry's default process to grow profit has three very basic macro levers: “increase sales,” “increase margin,” or “cut costs.”
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Glow in the dark profits

Would you believe me if I told you that you could substantially and easily improve your profit, and you probably already have all the tools you need in place?
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Fleet efficiency 301: Keep the tires turning

Lumberyards are basically in the business of distribution and shipping. It’s not only the greatest value we offer, it’s also our biggest variable expense.
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Overdeliver with fewer drivers

The default reaction to sales growth, and its complimentary expanded delivery requirements, is typically to hire more people and buy more equipment.
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The rich get richer—that’s a bunch of bull (market)

Navigating a market that has quadrupled in barely six months is challenging to say the least.
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A glimpse into the future

The future is coming into focus, and your three, five, or 10-year plans require open minds to change, and forward-thinking leadership in order to adapt, survive, and succeed.
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E-commerce 101—for 2021

If I've learned anything in the last 12 months, it has been that what is successful in other industries can often be successful in ours.

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